Florida News

Progress Florida Launches Ad Campaign Against Fake
Clinics

Posted January 11, 2018 03:00 pm

By Damien Filer

TALLAHASSEE, FL – With the Florida House poised to
debate HB 41 on the floor today, Progress Florida is
calling on Florida lawmakers to reject this legislation
that would funnel taxpayer dollars to anti-abortion
“crisis pregnancy centers” that spread misinformation
and false information to pregnant women. This week, the
group launched a series of digital ads urging lawmakers
to oppose the bill and educating voters about the harm
these fake clinics pose to women.

HB 41/SB 444 would allocate public funds exclusively
to entities that “promote and support childbirth,” while
excluding qualified medical providers who offer the full
range of reproductive health services, including birth
control and abortion care.

Crisis pregnancy centers are known to pose as
legitimate health clinics offering reproductive health
services and pregnancy-related information. In reality,
they shame and mislead women, often denying them the
care they want or need. HB 41/SB 444 would permanently
fund these fake clinics that operate with virtually no
oversight and harm Florida women.

“Crisis
pregnancy centers undermine women’s health through
deception, shame, and junk science. By funding these
anti-abortion fake clinics, Florida would put a stamp of
approval on denying women the ability to make decisions
about their own bodies and futures."

“Seven in ten Americans support legal access to
abortion. Passing this bill would signal to Floridians
that their lawmakers care more about propping up
ideologically driven fake clinics than promoting
comprehensive reproductive health care.”

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Progress Florida is a statewide organization working
to build a more progressive Florida.